Daily Archives: June 13, 2016

Saul Williams goes shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles and shares what he has in his bag including music from Max Roach, Thelonius Monk and James Earl Jones among other finds. He is still on tour promoting MartyrLoserKing.

Latrese Bush recently had success with Noel Gourdin on their No. 1 UK Soul single “Because Of You” and she has followed it up with her new single “Love I Can Sing About.” Ruben Studdard and Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Alvin Garrett co-wrote “Love I Can Sing About” to give sound to a woman’s love for someone that’s so strong it feels like her feet no longer touch the ground.

Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder’s Indie 500 is still flexing its pulse with a video for “Life Ahead Of Me” featuring Rapsody. Cam Be designed the animation that swirls about Kweli and Rapsody as they rap about their quest for the future.

Queen Latifah will be honored at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queen ceremony this year. Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, Missy Elliot were honored in the past but this is the first time the event will exclusively recognize women in hip-hop. The other honorees will be announced later this week. Latifah will also be an executive producer of the show through Flavor Unit because of a recent partnership with VH1 after the success of the one-hour special Dear Mama earlier this year. VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail The Queen will air Monday, July 11th at 9PM ET.